The other day, I met a man his employees called him Mr. Shake. In his business, his life did span, so it’s time for his retirement cake. Think of owning his life's work, in the past, I would never think. But now in mind, this notion does lurk, funny how life can throw a kink. … Continue reading Silly Sonnet: Brian Smith
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Love: Robert St.Germain
Love can come along and free you from the past. The other times it can kick you in the ass. Love can be a nightmare, or a dream come true. There is some love out there for me and you. You can spend ages trying to track it down. Then out of nowhere, it comes … Continue reading Love: Robert St.Germain
Simply Beautifully Complex: Peter Herget
The mind thinks and overthinks. It conflicts and contradicts. It is simple yet complex, it is good and sometimes bad. It tells of truths but yet it lies and sometimes goes between. What is true? and what is false? Sometimes there is little but yet so much more to it than what appears to be. … Continue reading Simply Beautifully Complex: Peter Herget
Unfaithful: Papion
I am thinking of you every minute of the day When I see you I have nothing to say If I can go back to that very night I would have fought my feelings with all of my might I can remember that look in your eyes I had an idea you were full of … Continue reading Unfaithful: Papion
Light Plays Across a Summer Day: Joyce Lancaster
Light falls upon the streams and rivers To allow the heart to sing Merriment to allow us to dream Of the wondrous thing Of birth of hope and to dream All men and women wish for peace In times of trouble And days of reckoning Songbirds lift the heart above The gloom and the doom … Continue reading Light Plays Across a Summer Day: Joyce Lancaster
A Window Inside My Soul: John Oross
I have given my art away To heal me in many ways… But on my own, I have grown… Trying to reap what I have sewn… Trying to exist in the world of greed… Is quite difficult I do concede… Because in my heart I love everyone… But being alone is not very fun… So … Continue reading A Window Inside My Soul: John Oross
Old Friend: Jan McCartney
Well, hello old friend, it’s been a long while! My, how you’ve changed from your yesterday style! What’s that you say? Yes, I guess I have, too And the changes came swiftly, as often they do. You say that you’ve missed me? Well, I’ve missed your smile, And your friendship that went with me, mile … Continue reading Old Friend: Jan McCartney
Bullet-Dodging Ptarmigans in Nunavut: Jamie Amarualik
Ptarmigan is a bird that doesn't migrate, instead, they stay in the north all year round. In winter they are all white with red eyebrows, sometimes it's hard to spot them, but when we approach them with a snowmobile they fly away and we hope for them to land nearby and shoot them for food. … Continue reading Bullet-Dodging Ptarmigans in Nunavut: Jamie Amarualik
Winter's Daylight Awe: James Adamson
The sun shone as if I were drinking the crescent moon shone that day as brightly as the sun’s snowfall reflection the shadows and sunlight, lightly landed, danced I squinted in expectation, I opened the door My eyes open child’s wonder as bright as any light filled me, my spine as any drinking known can … Continue reading Winter's Daylight Awe: James Adamson
Ode to My Dad: Hanna Friesen
My Dad- what a man a barber for 40 years always reading up on nutrition, between customers. He had a grade 3 education but he could challenge doctors with his new-found knowledge of nutrition and prevention. He was cutting-edge-- my Dad-- Yeah, we heard all about free radicals at the breakfast table and anti-oxidants etc. … Continue reading Ode to My Dad: Hanna Friesen
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